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The essays in this book are about the peoples of North-West Europe in the first millenium AD. They were written by archaeologists from various countries who either reveal the results of their archaeological fieldwork or place the knowledge they have of their particular region in a wider, supraregional context.It is commonly known that archaeologists prefer to devote their time to fieldwork. Considering the limited number of archaeologists, and the multitude of opportunities for fieldwork, this preference is quite understandable, if not even obvious. In addition to this, essay-writitng is a cumbersome and exhausting activity. The warm and enthusiastic response to our request for contributions made it possible ot compose an interesting volume. We hope that this publication may encourage many others to remain active in the field of archaeology, and that the cooperation among colleagues, stimulated by this project, may be continued in the future.

Antiquities, Prehistoric. --- Prehistoric peoples.

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Lake Burgäschi is a small lake on the Swiss Plateau, which has been inhabited since the Mesolithic, but is best known for its Neolithic lakeside settlements. Archaeological research has been conducted at Lake Burgäschi for the last 170 years, undergoing all the developments to modern archaeology. Recently, Lake Burgäschi has been re-explored as part of an interdisciplinary research project under the direction of the Institute of Archaeological Sciences at the University of Bern. Excavations were carried out at various sites around Lake Burgäschi, allowing for a new precise chronological classification of already known sites, but also revealing previously unknown settlement sites on the lakeshore. Furthermore, by means of interdisciplinary investigations on the pottery, animal and human bones as well as flint artefacts, previous knowledge on subsistence, mobility and land-use has been substantially extended. The present volume closes a long lasting research gap and combines new results with ancient data to a comprehensive synthesis.

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O presente ensaio sobre Construções Primitivas em Portugal, reedição de um volume publicado em 1969 pelo Centro de Estudos de Etnologia/lnstituto de Alta Cultura, visa estudar as formas mais simples de construção existentes no nosso país, as quais aproveitam em geral os materiais locais, segundo sistemas ou processos mais ou menos elaborados, mas de tipo arcaico e alheios a conceitos propriamente tecnicistas. O primitivismo dessas construções não significa, no entanto, que elas correspondam necessariamente aos níveis sociais inferiores, mas sim, designadamente nos casos mais característicos, a certas actividades particulares, por sua natureza rudes e duras: podem referir-se, como exemplos, os abrigos móveis dos pastores, que são um último reflexo de um passado de pastoreio seminómada; ou as casas de materiais vegetais dos pescadores, que evocam o litoral deserto dos períodos pioneiros do povoamento. Agora que a uniformização dos materiais industriais, a facilidade dos transportes e a divulgação de conceitos arquitectónicos racionais condenaram ao desaparecimento a memória desses peculiares processos de construir, tornava-se indispensável proceder à recolha dos elementos disponíveis sobre eles, não só para reter alguns elementos de conhecimento do Homem e da interpretação histórica da sua cultura, como ainda para recolher eventuais sugestões aproveitáveis e válidas, estética e funcionalmente, para a arquitectura de todos os tempos. Construções Primitivas em Portugal, que se encontrava esgotada há longo tempo, tem sido considerada uma das obras essenciais da etnologia portuguesa.

Architecture, Prehistoric.

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Agriculture, Prehistoric. --- Prehistoric agriculture --- Prehistoric peoples --- Agriculture --- Food

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La préhistoire, une passion française… qui remonte à la Révolution et aux premières tentatives d’organisation de la recherche archéologique. La fièvre préhistorienne culmine au XIXe siècle : fouilles sauvages, commerce illégal de monuments mégalithiques, archéologues du dimanche… Mais aussi paysans occupés à paver les rues de leur village avec les menhirs de Carnac ! Il faudra attendre 1941 pour que l’État réglemente les fouilles archéologiques. Cet ouvrage retrace la longue marche des archéologues français vers l’institutionnalisation de leur discipline, aventure passionnante qui vit les préhistoriens se mobiliser contre les pouvoirs publics pour préserver leur liberté d’agir.

Antiquities, Prehistoric --- France --- Antiquities. --- Prehistoric antiquities --- Prehistoric archaeology --- Prehistory --- Prehistoric peoples --- archéologie --- préhistoire --- histoire --- politique